In support of the capacity-building requirements of statistical institutions in implementing the 2008 SNA and the production of a core set of economic statistics endorsed by the ESCAP Committee on Statistics and the Commission, SIAP has ramped up its course offerings on economic statistics. The training programme on 2008 SNA offers basic and intermediate-level e-Learning courses twice a year and an annual regional training course on advanced topics. The programme on economic statistics addresses capacity-building priorities, such as statistical business registers and the informal economy.
The 2025 System of National Accounts (2025 SNA) was adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission during the 56th session in March 2025. The 2025 SNA is integrated with the 7th edition of the Integrated Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM). Varying capacities and experiences of national statistical offices in implementing the 2008 SNA will have an impact on the smooth transition to the updated framework.
The 2025 SNA framework will serve as the internationally recognized standard for compiling economic activity measures. It aims to enhance the understanding of well-being and sustainability while providing adaptable methods to integrate environmental and social dimensions into economic statistics. Critical conceptual and measurement issues, such as in advancements of digital products, the complex interplay between economic, social, and environmental factors, and the intricacies of global trade, have been harmonized and incorporated into the updated framework to a great extent.
The 2025 SNA framework will serve as the internationally recognized standard for compiling economic activity measures. It aims to enhance the understanding of well-being and sustainability while providing adaptable methods to integrate environmental and social dimensions into economic statistics. Critical conceptual and measurement issues, such as in advancements of digital products, the complex interplay between economic, social, and environmental factors, and the intricacies of global trade, have been harmonized and incorporated into the updated framework to a great extent.
BPM7 and 2025 SNA webinars will be conducted March 26 – 27 (Group 1-Asia) and April 3-4 (Group 2-Pacific).
The United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) manual represents the flagship of international economic accounting standards across all macroeconomic statistics disciplines. In fact, the Macroeconomic statistics are expressed in terms of a set of concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules that comprise the internationally agreed-upon standard for measuring different areas of economic statistics.
The System of National Accounts is a statistical framework that provides a comprehensive,consistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts that can be used by governments,businesses, and international organizations for policy making, analysis and research purposes. The SNA is intended for use by all countries, having been designed to accommodate the needs of countries at different stages of economic development.
This course is designed to create a strong foundation on International Accounts. The objectives of this course are to introduce the core concepts, methods and framework of international accounts and highlight foreign direct investment’s potential contributions to sustainable development.
The objective of this e-Learning Course is to provide an understanding of the basic concept and framework of the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and demonstrate methods and techniques for the compilation of the integrated transaction accounts.
This e-Learning course, developed by SIAP, provides a strong foundation on International Accounts based on Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). The aim of the course is to introduce participants the components of international accounts: International Investment Position (IIP), Balance of Payments (BOP) and Other changes in financial and liabilities accounts.
The main objectives of this course are to provide deep knowledge about integrated transaction accounts, introduce the 2008 SNA-changes from 1993 SNA, explain the use of volume measures in national accounts and brief the participants about SDGs and SNA.
